Okay, time out. Listen up.
Contrary to the vile disinformation being spread online, there are no trans women competing in boxing at the Olympics.
In fact, there are no trans women competing at all in the Olympics. None. Zilch.
There are two non-binary athletes competing who were assigned female at birth: track and field star Nikki Hiltz (U.S.) and soccer star Quinn (Canada).
There is one trans man competing (that means he was assigned female at birth): Hergie Bacyadan (Philippines), who became the first trans man to ever compete at the Olympics. He was soundly defeated by unanimous decision in the first round of women’s boxing by China’s Li Quan.
I take pride in all of these athletes who are breaking barriers, and it’s completely disgusting to watch insecure and hateful men on this site spread lies and half-truths about trans athletes.
My congratulations to Ms. Quan on her resounding victory, to Mr. Bacyadan for his historic accomplishment in qualifying for the Games, to Hiltz and Quinn for their representation on the highest stage, and to every athlete living up to the highest standards of competition and character.
We’re not gonna let bigots ruin these Games for us. They don’t get to have that power.
BREAKING: While you were all losing sleep over schools supposedly teaching your kids to be gay or Target selling rainbow shirts that say “pride” on them to kids, there has been another mass shooting, this time in Hollywood Florida.
Details:
- 9 people injured including children.
- Shooting took place at a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida
- The shooting happened about 6:30 p.m.
Our politicians are concentrated on culture wars when they should be concentrating on more important things. PLEASE!
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